Code
CARHI
Growth form
Broadleaf
Biological cycle
Annual
Habitat
Terrestrial
synonym | Arabis heterophylla G.Forst. ex DC. |
synonym | Cardamine africana subsp. borbonica (Bojer) O.E. Schulz |
synonym | Cardamine angulata Regel [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Cardamine borbonica Bojer |
synonym | Cardamine fagetina Schur |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta f. glabra Schweinf. |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta f. grandiflora O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta f. umbrosa O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta subsp. hirsuta |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta subsp. puberula (Rouy & Foucaud) O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. apetala Soó |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. exigua O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. formosana Hayata |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. hirsuta |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. litoralis Svalund |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. maxima Fisch. |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. montana Macoun |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. petiolulata O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. pilosa O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. rotundiloba Hayata |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. tetrandra Stokes |
synonym | Cardamine hirsuta var. unicaulis O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Cardamine humilis Kit. |
synonym | Cardamine micrantha Spenn. |
synonym | Cardamine multicaulis Hoppe ex Schur |
synonym | Cardamine parviflora Suter [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Cardamine praecox Pall. ex Ledeb. |
synonym | Cardamine scutata var. formosana (Hayata) Liu & S.S. Ying |
synonym | Cardamine scutata var. formosana (Hayata) T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying |
synonym | Cardamine scutata var. rotundiloba (Hayata) T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying |
synonym | Cardamine simensis Hochst. ex Oliv. |
synonym | Cardamine tenella E.D.Clarke |
synonym | Cardamine tetrandra Hegetschw. |
synonym | Cardamine umbrosa Andrz. ex DC. |
synonym | Cardamine virginica Michx. [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Crucifera cardamine E.H.L.Krause |
synonym | Ghinia hirsuta (L.) Bubani |
synonym | Ghinia sylvatica Bubani |
Chinese |
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Créole Maurice |
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Créole Seychelles |
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Spanish; Castilian |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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China: Cardamine hirsuta flowers from February to May and fruits from April to July.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Cardamine hirsuta is an annual plant. It is propagated by seed.
Attributions | dummy |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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China: Cardamine hirsuta is found throughout China, on mountain slopes, roadsides, fields, clearings, wasteland, damp areas, grassy areas; near sea level up to 3,000 m altitude.
India: Cardamine hirsuta grows in damp areas along watercourses and in ditches between 700 and 2500 m altitude.
Mauritius: Cardamine hirsuta is a common species in high, humid regions.
Reunion: This species thrives in damp environments and tolerates cold well. It is mainly found in the south and east of the island as well as in the Cilaos and Salazie cirques.
Thailand: A species of damp places, in river pebbles, wasteland and cultivated land; from 700 to 1300 m altitude.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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Origin
Cardamine hirsuta is native to Europe, North and Central Africa, from the Arabian Peninsula to China.
Worldwide distribution
This species has been introduced to North and South America, South Africa and certain islands in the Indian Ocean (Réunion, Mauritius, Seychelles), Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Invades sugar cane and vegetable fields. It is weak competitive weed.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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Local harmfulness
Mauritius: Cardamine hirsuta is a weed abundant in sugar cane fields and vegetable farms, but it is a weak competitor to the crops.
Reunion: A weed occurring in vegetables cultivations. It also develops in the cultivation of lentils and very occasionally in sugar cane fields after cutting. It is rarely abundant and does not tolerate shade but can reach covering of 30-50% of the plot.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Controlled by hand pulling.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Cardamine%2520hirsuta
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Brassicales |
Family | Brassicaceae |
Genus | Cardamine |
Species | Cardamine hirsuta L. |